Suspender attachment for waists or shirts.



No. 68l,l02. Patented Rum--20, IQOL P. A. CHUTT. T SUSPENDEB ATTACHMENT FOR WAISTS 0R SHIRTS.

(Application filed Sept. 41, 1,900.

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UNITED STATES FFICE.

' ATENT PETER. A. OHOTT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT FOR WAISTS OR SHIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters seat No. 681,102, dated August 20, 1901. Application filed September 17,1900. Serial No. 30.210. No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, PETER A. CHOTT, acitizen of the United States, residing at thecity of StiLouis in the State of jMissouri, have invented. certainnew and useful Improvements in Suspender Attachments for Waists or Shirts, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exactdescription, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming 20 improvement applied thereto.

Fig. III is a modification of the attachment.

of apertures 5.

1 designatesthe waist, providedwith a series of apertures 2, extending through the band 3 thereof. The suspender attachments, which may be of any desirable number, though preferably'three, are applied to the waist at suitable positions. Each attachment comprises a tape 4, preferably stitched at one end to the waist and provided with a series The unattached or free end of the tape receives a hook 6, provided with a spring-pin 7, that passes through a loop in the free end of the tape.

The tape is looped downwardly and passes loosely through a buckle 8, that carries buttonhole cords or straps 9. The tapes 4: being arranged loosely in the buckles 8, permit of 1 the buckles sliding freely thereon, and the length of the tapes in which the buckles are carried may be readily altered at will by re- 1 moving the hooks 6 from the apertures 5 in the tape and inserting the hooks in other apertures, thereby increasing or diminishing the lengths of the loops, and consequently the length of the attachment, according to requirements to properly support the garment to which the attachment is applied.

' The buttonhole cords or straps 9 are designed to pass through the apertures 2 in the waistband and to be connected to the pants or other garment to be supported. It is prefapertures 2 and ends of the buttonhole cords or straps, so as to hide such parts from exterior view.

The hooks 7 are connected to the tapes 4. by the spring-pins 7 in order that they may be readily removed from the tapes, after which the buckles and buttonhole cords or straps may be slipped from the tapes over their free ends, andthis being done the tapes alone remain attached to the waist, so that it can be readily laundered.

In Fig. III, Ihave shown a modification in which the tape 4 is equipped with a buckle 6, used in lieu of the hook 6. The buckle 6 is provided with a yoke 7*, that receives the free looped end of the tape, which is secured bya button 10. The buckle 8 and button hole-strap 9. are applied to the depending loops of the tape 4 in the same manner as described in the form of attachment shown in Figs. I and II, and the length of the loop is diminishedor increased by moving the buckle 6 upwardly or downwardly on the tape.

The attachment herein shown and described provides a simple and efficient means for supporting mens pants and places the supporting means within the article of wearing-apparel where they are out of View, thus affording a more sightly appearance to the apparel.

I have shown the device applied to a mans waist; but it is obvious that it may be applied to mens shirts and also that it may be applied to ladies waists as a support for skirts with equal advantage to its use for mens wear.

I claim as my invention- The combination with a waist or shirt having a series of apertures about the waist-line thereof, of a tape, the upper end of which is secured on the inside of the shirt or waist above the waist-line, a series of apertures in the tape near the upper end of the same and a catch secured to the lower end of the tape adapted to engage said apertures, and the cords 9 which cooperate with the apertures in the shirt or waist.

PETER A. CI-IOTT.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, N. V. ALEXANDER.

.erable that there should be suflicient fullness yinthe waist to permit of its blousing over the 

